Setting the stage for a “cyber war” with China?
Specialists from the McAfee internet security company have announced they have discovered the biggest-ever series of cyber attacks in history, Reuters reports on Wednesday.
Seventy-two organizations, including the United Nations, International Olympic Committee and government institutions of the US, Canada, Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam, have been hacked by the attackers.
As a result, the hackers succeeded in gaining access to various confidential documents.
The specialists believe that one “state actor” is standing behind the campaign and security expert Jim Lewis says the evidence points to China.
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